Shock-gatherer.



'l 3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

` Patented# Apr. 8,@ 1919, i

' soN,JoHN M.v LANDRIGAN, and LAWNENOE G. f

' UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE. BNNIANIN NnLsoN, on sn THOMAS, Nom-H DAI-:cria rJoIiN M. or A VIRGINIA, AND LAWRENCE fe.v znsBAUaH,` l yor nuNNnAro'LIs,y MINNEsoTI,

AssIeNons To TRAVELING snocx GATIInnENcoMPANY, or mNNEAroLIs, MINNE- so'TA, A conrozaArlrIolw..A

To all ,wom it may `concer-'n.5 i,

Be i known that we, BENJAMIN" v n H." NEL ZESBAUGH, siding at North Dakota;` Virginia, St. Louis. county, Minnesota, and Minneapolis, county, Minnesota, respectively, have invented lcertain new, and useful lImprovements in Shock-Gatherers, of yWhich the. :following is a specication a i l 4.,

Our invention relatesto an inter-convertr ble tractor and self-contained .shockv loader citizens of the United States-,ref

, and has for its object to providein combina-` tion with a traction engine suitable for usual tractor purposes, a shock-loading f attachment which is adaptedto befsupported upon the frame of the traction engine and readily to be removable therefrom, and which provides a shook pickup mechanism/and a `tank or receptacle for holding the shocks until they may beconveyed `to a convenient point of discharge. `The shock loading andjconveying mechanism is so connected with the frame of the tractor as 'not -to interfere in any Wayfwith the parts or method of operation of the traction engine, and at the same time provides an eficient sh" k loadingand conveyin apparatus. l l

The fu l obJectsl and advantages of our invention willfappear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are vparticularly pointed out in the claims. v v

In the drawings, illustrating an applica,- tion of our invention in one f0rm,- y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. traction engine having our improvedr shock loading and conveying mechanism ,applied thereto.

Fig.l 2 is a vievsr of the same-traction engine z when equipped for the ordinary purposes of a tractor such ashauling plovvs. fFi `3A is a planj view lof the tractor as illustrate in Fig; 2. Fig.-4 is a plan view invhorizontal .sec-K tion of the tractor-having'the shockloading parts connected therewith.'I Fig.- 5 is anen'd elevation of the mechanism of the Ashock loader connected therewith. Fig. 6 is aplan view of the parts shown in Fig; 5.

l As illustrated, We provide-attraction en-I gine of a generally well-known type except that Iconsiderable clearance space between the front and rear'wheels is provided.: The tractor embodiesside frame members 10, 1 1, 12 and 13. The members 10 andll are rig# St. Thomas, Pel'nbinaA county,

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f idly secured together;by.fa'reari` crossbai'` 14, i intermediate crossbars. 15, 16,11, 18, and 19 A f Y Patented Apr. s, 1am. i Application led `November 17, 1917. Serial No. 202,682@` y and upper and -lovver front plate extensionsy y,20 and w21;v Traction Wheels 2,2.have their hubs 23 journaled upon a rear axle V2li-,and steering vvheels'25 are lcarried upon steering knuckles 26 pivotally connected withl afront axle 27 and operated in a well-known way by a steering wheel 28 'Which is adaptedto be t positioned `forward as indicated at 29;.whenthe machine is operated as a shock loader, andvvhlch"y is positionedl atthe rear as indicated at 30 when the machineis operated` as.

.a tractor. The mechanism for effecting this change ips-illustrated in l and 2, Wherein the steeringfrod 3l, shown in lFi 1, (may `belelongated as indicatedat32 in Fig.2andr the steering Worm Wheel 33 is positionedin-A side of `bracketSupPOI't 34 at 'the front lof the frame inv Fig. 1l or' behind bracket slvlpporty f 35at the rear of the frame as indicatedin The' motor and radiator l37 l are nentlyk locatedl at the front portion ,ofthe'f frame and operate through a transmission system 39 to'drive'the traction Avvhe'els l When the device-isused as a tractorfasiin-'j dicated in Fig. 2, the various controllevers 40,41', 42 and 43 arelocated at the rear ady jacentthe yplatform 44 formed upon the rear portion lofthe frame ask indicated `in Figs.

2 andg, being connectedjwith the parts be controlled in the usual Way. As indicated in Fig. 44, these-levers are located adjacent c a side aplat'fornfr,45 and operate'throngh sup f l plen'ientalconnections,` 46, 47, 48 and 49'to electthe same` controlv of the motor-.and f tractor lInechanisrn as whenthey are located in the y:usual `position for a traction cugina', iadjacent the rear end. It will berunderstood thatplatforrns 44and 45 are alternatelyemused as atraction engine Vas shownk in Fig. 3. or as a shock loadingndevlce asfshown '1n' the frame; and `the lever parts by whichthe levers ,may 4be positioned adJacent either platform` are also made removable jandf readily attached and .detached from` the.

frame.'v In nor other respectis the operative mechanismof l `the traction englne as such affected or modified` inj the conversion of the tractor into a shock loaderandzconveyer, or.

yployed according to Whether, the machine'is'k y Y vice versa. `Adapted to be attached Vtothe .action engine so as to convert it into a shock loading conveyer are a rear tank member and a front conveyer frame 51, which are respectively united to the front and rear portions of the traction engine frame and to -one another as indicated at 52 in such mans ner as to bridge the transmission and engine elements, leaving them intact within the space 53 beneath conveyer frame 51 and the forward portion of tank50 and beneath ,the sloping bottom 54 of the tank member 50,

as clearly Vindicated in Fig. 1.y The tank 50V -comprises a frame formed 'of front membersj 55 which are removably bolted to the frame members 10 and 12, as indicated at v56. Longitudinal side frame pieces 57,- rear frame members 58, which as shown in Fig. 5 slope outwardly and are bolted to arm's 59 which in turn are bolted at to the traction en- 'ne frame members 10 and 12, oblique ame members 61 and 62 and frame pieces 63 and 64 which extend from union bolts 65 and 66 at frame pieces 57 to extensions 68 removably secured to the ends of the axle 24, where the same protrudes through the hubs of traction wheels 22. Additional frame lmembers are sloping bottom frame members 69 and upwardly sloping rear frame mem-l bers 70. Upon these sets of frame members is secured, as best shown in Fig. 6, afdown-A wardly-sloping bottomwall 71, an upwardlysloping nearly vertical front wall 72, out-v wardly flaring side walls 73 and 74, and an upwardly-sloping rear wall 75 which includes a swinging gate 76 hinged at` 77 and held in closed position'by a catch 78 operated by a cord 79. A ladder 80 extends up the side of the tank to enable the operator to driven by a sprocket chain 86 which, in turr.1,`-

is driven by a sprocket wheel 87 fast on an extension of one of the drive shafts of the traction engine and controlled by a clutch 88 operated by hand lever 89, as shown 'in Fig. 4. vThe belt 94, as indicated in dotted` line in Fig. l1 runs over lan idler roller 90 journaled in a portion of arms 83 and 84 and operates to drive the idler roller. A pick-up frame comprising arms 95 and 96 secured by transverse shafts 97 and 98 is journaled toarms 83 and 84 by extensions 99, 100'of shaft v98, as clearly shown in Fig.` 4, thus providing a frame adapted to oscillate up and down.l The arms 95 and 96 are upwardly curved as indicated at 97 in Fig. l1 and carry caster wheels 101 and 102 and also side members 103, 104. Over reliers journaled on shafts 97 and 98l extendsa `pick-up belt 105 which is driven by a sprocket chain 106 running from a sprocket wheel on the shaft 107 0f roller 90 and over ra, sprocket wheel on the shaft 98.

We have discovered that in order properly to balance the loadA automaticallyl in the tank 50, it is necessary to discharge the bundles substantially midway of the front and rear kof the tank.'v `Thef endless belt 94 is carried into the body of the tank as indicated in Fig. 1 and discharges vupon a second endless bclt 108 which runs over rollers on shafts 109, 110 journaled in the side walls of tank 50 as indicated in Figs-1 and 5. The belt 108 is driven by a .sprocket chain 111 which runs over sprocket wheels on shafts 85 and 109, respectively. Y

.With'this organizatioma traction engine in operation in the field' as a shock loading and conveying mechanism is driven under its own power and steered and controlled by the operatorfrom the platform 45 at the.

side of the engine in the usual way. The pick-up belt 105 and its supporting frame are moved in various directions to contact with the shocks in position on the field,l the caster wheels 101, 102permitting this movement. 'The shocks engaged by the pick-up belt are yfirst lifted from the ound and passed from the pick-up belt to t e elevating belt 94, and, in turn, yare deposited upon the distributing belt 108, from 4which they are dumped into the tank 50. Whe-n the tank is sufficiently full of bundles thus automatically `lifted and loaded the entire apparatus is rapidly driven to the point where a stack is being formed, or'where the grain is being threshed. By releasing` the rear door 76 the bundles are discharged upon the ground and slide out of the tank by reason of the sloping side, rear and bottom walls, so that the machine without stopping can be driven under its power back into the field -to pick up another load of bundles and the operation be continued until all of the bundles and shocks aregathered. When the threshing or stacking period is finished the tank 50, conveyer frame 51 and parts connected therewith can be readily detached, the levers 40, 41, 42, etc., be shifted to .the back of the machine, the side platform 45 removed and rear platform 44'installed,whereupon a plow such as indif cated at 112 can be'attached and the traction engine'usedfor the ordinary purposes of a tractor until a, subsequent threshing season arrives.`

' 1. Incombin'ation `with a traction engine 'and the mechanism rfor controlling and operating the same, means for converting said traction engine into a shock loading conveyer comprising a tank removably connected to the framevofl the traction engine, la carrier frame removably connected tothe '1,300,188 i i ,c v 'a frame of the traction enginameans for Suporting the carrier frame and tank so as to ridge and extend above the controlling and operating mechanism of the traction' engine, a platform removably connected to the side of the traction engine frame, and means for assembling the various control levers in proximity to said platform and in operative connection with the parts controlled thereby. 2. In combination with a traction fengine and the mechanism -forf'controlling'Y'andl `oper.atingthe same,` means for converting said carrier frame and'tank so as'to bridge and extend above the driving and transmission elements of the .traction engine. i

3. In combinationzwith a traction engine and the mechanism for controlling and operating the same'fmeans for converting said traction engine into' .a shock loadingv conveyer, comprising a tankv having vframe members removablfy lto the rear of the ramevofthe traction engine Vin front of the tractionvwheels thereof and to the axle of the traction engine, a' .y

connected s respectively thereof connected to and supporte connectedA respectively l carrier frame 'removably'.l connected toy the( npperi part Aof the' tank, means for support- 'ing said ,carrier frame and tanksoy as to f ,bridge and eXtend'abovev the driving and t transmission elements of the tractionengineyA means supported by the carrier frame for `'front end ofthe traction engine and tothe v picking lup'bundlesan'd delivering .them to the tank,l and means supported by 'and Withiny the tank for delivering thefbundles at the central portion of the tank.

4. Incombination'with a tractionengine and the mechanism 'A for controlling and operating'the same, a pair vof nected AWithfthe. front endof t frame and extending beyond the pair ofarms connected. to the rear end of the lates con-Y fr etractlon same, a

traction 'frame andv4 extending. outwardly* vfromy the same; a tank removably connected tonsaid traction frame havinba part outwardly-extended arms, and a carrier frameremovably connected to the front end of 'said/traction framefby said io'rvvardlyy l forvsupportng Y said carrier frame yand tank so as to bridge f Y and extend above the controlling and oper-v extended plates, and means ating vmechanism ofthetraction engine. f f

i BENJAMIN NELSON."

`f "JOHN M. 'LANDRIG'AN V y v y LAWRENCE GQAZESBAUGrH.`

Seid l In `testimony whereofv We hereuntalix orsignatures.` v 

